Tag: Provincial

BC Had Fastest Spending Growth Among Provinces Prior to COVID-19: New Study

British Columbia had the fastest provincial spending growth in Canada even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, a new Fraser Institute study has found. The study, titled “The End of Spending Restraint in British Columbia,” analyzed the province’s fiscal development since the election of John Horgan’s NDP government in 2017 to gauge whether or…


Taliban Seizes 9 Provincial Capitals Across Afghanistan in 6 Days

The Taliban has managed to capture nine provincial capitals in Afghanistan in just six days as U.S.-led foreign forces complete their withdrawal from the beleaguered South Asian country. “Unfortunately, after hours of heavy fighting, the ANDSF [Afghan National Security Forces] retreated,” said Jawad Mujadidi, a provincial council member from Badakhshan. “With the fall of Faizabad…